Hans Christian Schink Book order

Negative film can only be exposed to a certain point, beyond which the photochemical process is reversed and the negative's darkest areas become light again. For Hans-Christian Schink's series 1h, a 1955 picture by Minor White, titled "Black Sun," was a source of inspiration. 1h employs an effect called "real solarization." For 1h, Schink deliberately chose to combine this process with a very long exposure, acheiving effects of abstraction and blur.

Two bodies of color work dealing with the landscape of Los Angeles are intertwined in this intriguing, oddly Romantic book. One grouping captures desolate details in the dead of night, evoking feelings of surveillance and discomfort. In contrast, daytime photos show the edges of the city, where urban wasteland meets undeveloped desert in the burned-out light typical of Southern California. With an essay by art historian Kai Uwe Schierz.